Transdev Auckland

Transdev Auckland, formerly Veolia Transport Auckland, Ltd., and before that Connex Auckland, Ltd., is a Transdev Australasia company. It runs Auckland's urban passenger trains under contract from Auckland Transport on infrastructure owned and managed by KiwiRail. Auckland Transport receives funding to subsidise these services from the NZ Transport Agency, which receives funding from road user taxes and Crown appropriations, and from the Auckland Council through rates. Since July 2016 Wellington's commuter rail services are also operated by Transdev, as Transdev Wellington.[3]

Transdev Auckland

Overview
Owner	Transdev Australasia
Locale	Auckland, New Zealand
Transit type	Suburban rail
Number of lines	4
Number of stations	43
Daily ridership	93,000[1]
Annual ridership	21.4 million (July 2019)[2]
Headquarters	Auckland
Operation
Began operation	2004 (2004)
Number of vehicles	65 train sets
Technical
System length	120 km (75 mi)
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	25 kV AC (Swanson to Papakura)

History

The previous operator of the train network in Auckland was Tranz Metro. When the Auckland Regional Council called for tenders for the new contract, Tranz Metro did not tender and Connex (later Transdev) won the tender.

Auckland

Auckland suburban rail network
Swanson Ranui Sturges Road Henderson Sunnyvale Glen Eden Fruitvale Road New Lynn Avondale Mount Albert Baldwin Avenue Morningside Kingsland Mount Eden City Rail Link (Under Construction) Karangahape Aotea Britomart Grafton Parnell Newmarket Junction Newmarket Orakei Remuera Meadowbank Greenlane Glen Innes Ellerslie Panmure Sylvia Park Onehunga Branch Penrose Te Papapa Onehunga Westfield Junction Otahuhu Middlemore Papatoetoe Puhinui Manukau Branch Manukau Wiri TMD Homai Manurewa Te Mahia Takanini Papakura Papakura-Pukekohe shuttle Pukekohe

Transdev operates services on the following lines from Britomart (effective 12 March 2017):[4]

• Eastern Line services run along the North Island Main Trunk (NIMT) via Glen Innes to Puhinui, then diverge onto the Manukau Branch to the Manukau terminus.
• Southern Line services run out of the Britomart tunnel on the NIMT, then the Newmarket Line to Newmarket, then the North Auckland Line to Westfield Junction (just north of Westfield - a station permanently closed since March 2017),[5] and then the NIMT to Papakura, with a diesel train shuttle service between Papakura and Pukekohe.
• Western Line services run out of the Britomart tunnel on the NIMT, then the Newmarket Line to Newmarket, then the North Auckland Line via Henderson to Swanson.
• Onehunga Line services run out of the Britomart tunnel on the NIMT, then the Newmarket Line to Newmarket, then the North Auckland Line to Penrose where they diverge onto the Onehunga Branch to the terminus at Onehunga.

Rolling stock

Current

Main article: New Zealand AM class electric multiple unit

Transdev operates the following rolling stock:

• 57 AM three-car EMUs (built by CAF) running on all lines since full electrification in July 2015 (except Papakura - Pukekohe shuttle)
• 8 ADL/ADC two-car DMUs (ex Transperth) owned by Auckland Transport

The AM class wear the Auckland Transport livery, and the ADL class wear the MAXX livery.

Former

Transdev operated the following rolling stock until full electrification in July 2015:

• 20 DC locomotives owned by KiwiRail, operating in push-pull mode with 20 sets of three or four SA cars and an SD driving car with driving cab and remote controls (ex British Rail Mark 2 carriages rebuilt for suburban service), owned by Auckland Transport. The carriages are stored at Taumarunui and the locomotives have returned to KiwiRail.[6]
• 4 DFT/DFB locomotives owned by KiwiRail, operating in push-pull mode with six-car sets (five SA, one SD), now back with KiwiRail
• 9 ADK/ADB two-car DMUs, in storage

All diesel rolling stock and locomotive-hauled carriage stock is in MAXX Blue livery, except four locomotives which were in KiwiRail livery.

Gallery

• 
  An AM class EMU at Puhinui
• 
  ADL/ADC class DMU at Britomart Transport Centre
• 
  ADB 778 out of service at Papakura
• 
  DC 4254 with an SA set at Papakura
• 
  DC 4369 with an SA set at Newmarket
• 
  DC 4409 with an SA set at Masterton during a test run
• 
  DFB 7010 at Morningside station with a six-car SA/SD Class set
• 
  Mockup of Auckland's new electric multiple units on display at MOTAT

See also

• Transdev Wellington
• List of Auckland railway stations
• List of rapid transit systems
• Public transport in Auckland
• Rail transport in New Zealand

References

1. "PT Reaches 100 Million". 7 June 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
2. "An extra million on the trains in just three months" (Press release). Auckland Transport. 6 April 2017. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
3. "Wellingtons trains to be run by French company Transdev after KiwiRail loses contract". The Dominion Post. 17 December 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
4. "Train timetable changes from Sunday 12 March". Auckland Transport. 12 March 2017. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
5. "Westfield Station closing permanently from 12 March 2017". Auckland Transport. 14 March 2017. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
6. "Ticket to Ride" e.nz magazine, July/August 2007 Volume 8/4, pages 24-28

External links

• Official website